Thoughts and views from a retired government worker as recorded in rhythm and rhyme.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Billions of Dollars

Defense Department cannot fully account for $7.8B spent in Iraq By Dan Friedman CongressDaily May 22, 2008. that was the headline a couple of years ago. This week we had almost the same headline but for Afaganastan and the money has gone up.

We’ve paid Billions of Dollars out there in IraqBillions of dollars we’ll never get backBillions of dollars whose papers we lackBillions of dollars they sayBillions of dollars for service and goodsBillions of dollars of what ifs and couldsBillions of dollars in bad neighborhoodsBillions of dollars they say

We’ve got guys out there toting suitcases of cashHanding out money both ruthless and rashMoney that’s going away in a flashBillions of dollars they say

And we haven’t got paperwork to back up these buysHaven’t got paperwork to explain whats and whysHaven’t got paperwork from none of these guysBillions of dollars they say

The GAO IG just threw up his handsThrew out the cases, threw out the plansBillions, like water thrown out on the sandsBillions of dollars they say

Are there steps being taken to stem this cash flowSteps being taken to soften the blowSteps being taken (the answer is NO)Billions of dollars they say

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